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Ordinance No. 2009-80 admissible as evidence in any criminal action involving the operator of the motor vehicle other than a prosecution for a violation of this section. (g) This section does not apply when an emergency exists that threatens the life of any person operating a motor vehicle to whom this section otherwise would apply or the life of any child who otherwise would be required to be restrained under this section. (h) Whoever violates subsection (a), (b) or (c) of this section shall be punished as follows: (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (h)(2) of this section, the offender is guilty of a minor misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than ~~-€ive a,.~~ thirty-five dollars ($35.00). (2) If the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of Ohio R.C. 4511.81(A), (B) or (C) or of a municipal ordinance that is substantially similar to any of those subsections, the offender is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (ORC 4511.81) SECTION 3: That Section 513.03 ("Drug Abuse; Controlled Substance Possession or Use") of the General Offenses Code, which presently reads as follows: 513.03 DRUG ABUSE; CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE POSSESSION OR USE. (a) No person shall knowingly obtain, possess or use a controlled substance. (b) This section does not apply to the following: (1) Manufacturers, licensed health professionals authorized to prescribe drugs, pharmacists, owners of pharmacies and other persons whose conduct was in accordance with Ohio R.C. Chapters 3719, 4715, 4729, 4730, 4731 and 4741. (2) If the offense involves an anabolic steroid, any person who is conducting or participating in a research project involving the use of an anabolic steroid if the project has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration; (3) Any person who sells, offers for sale, prescribes, dispenses or administers for livestock or other nonhuman species an anabolic steroid that is expressly intended for administration through implants to livestock or other nonhuman species and approved for that purpose under the "Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act", 52 Stat. 1040 (1938), 21 U.S.C.A. 301, as amended, and is sold, offered for sale, prescribed, dispensed or administered for that purpose in accordance with that Act; (4) Any person who obtained the controlled substance pursuant to a prescription issued by a licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs. (c) Whoever violates subsection (a) hereof is guilty of one of the following: (1) If the drug involved in the violation is a compound, mixture, preparation, or substance included in Schedule III, IV, or V, whoever violates subsection (a) hereof is guilty of possession of drugs. Possession of drugs is a misdemeanor if the amount of the drug involved does not exceed the bulk amount. The penalty for the offense shall be determined as follows: possession of drugs is a misdemeanor of the third degree or, if the offender previously has been convicted of a drug abuse offense, a misdemeanor of the second degree. If the drug involved in the violation is an anabolic steroid included in Schedule III and if the offense is a misdemeanor of the thin? degree under this subsection, in lieu of sentencing the offender to a term of imprisonment in a detention facility, the court may place the offender on conditional probation pursuant to Ohio R.C. 2951.02(F). (2) If the drug involved in the violation is marihuana or a compound, mixture, 30